Thycotic’s Cyber Security Publication

August 31st, 2017

How do you know when a password is about to be changed according to an assigned password rotation interval? Or when a privileged account or any other item stored within your privileged account management tool is reaching the end of its validation period and needs to be renewed?

In this exclusive 5-part Thycotic educational series we outline the privileged account security reports CISOs must have to effectively protect their organization from cyber attacks and insider threats:

The “What privileged account passwords are expiring this week?” report shows you which privileged accounts are due to expire in the coming week. Expiry, in this context, can mean either that the password associated with a credential stored within your privileged account management solution is about to be changed according to an assigned password rotation interval (i.e. once every 30 days). Or, it can mean that any other item stored within your privileged account management tool, such as a web certificate, is reaching the end of its validation period and needs to be renewed.

This is an invaluable report to identify which items may need attention or monitoring during their rotation period to ensure related items continue to function normally. Your report can be easily modified to show which passwords are expiring in the next month, 90 days, or any other period of time.

Additionally, it can be automated to send notifications to you or other appropriate team members to alert them to upcoming expirations of credentials, certificates or any other stored item within Secret Sever.

What you get from this report

Forewarning on the expiration of credentials, certificates etc. stored within Secret Server to renew the items before they are no longer valid and may cause disruption of service

Automatic notification of items coming due which may require intervention or attention to the administrators or engineers responsible for managing these services

Provide visibility to management to plan for upcoming reporting periods and outline what accounts or certificates will need attention long before they become due or become a last-minute crisis

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